The May Queen Women on Life, Love, Work, and Pulling It All Together in Your 30s

by Richesin, Andrea N.

• ISBN13: 9781585424672
• ISBN10: 1585424676
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781440684920
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-23
• Publisher: Tarcher
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Summary

This intriguing collection of original essays by women in their thirties celebrates this often maligned period in a woman's life as, in fact, a productive, dynamic, and vibrant time of self-invention and personal and professional creativity. If recent bestsellers such as The Bitch in the Houseand Midlife Crisis at Thirtyserve as any indication of how women are experiencing their thirties, who can blame women embarking upon this decade in their life for panicking? Yet, as the contributors to this thoughtful and inspiring book attest, it doesn't have to be so scary. In The May Queen, a wide array of women-including bestselling author Jennifer Weiner and star of the hit independent film Kissing Jessica SteinHeather Juergensen-describe the conflicting emotions they've felt in response to the "anything is possible" message women of their generation receive. And yet, all of the women featured in this book have found their thirties to be a time of great opportunity-a period in their lives in which they're taking the time to consider what they have lost, what they have gained, and what they still need to learn. This book gives a powerful voice to a new generation of women beginning to make its mark on the world.

Author Biography

Andrea N. Richesin began work on The May Queen on the eve of her thirtieth birthday, and has been talking to women from all walks of life about this critical decade in their lives for the last four years. A writer and editor, she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Difference Between Three and Thirty	p. 10
35	p. 17
Full Circle in Times Square	p. 24
A Hungry Balance	p. 33
Considering the Alternatives	p. 41
My Missing Biological Clock	p. 49
Bedsores and Cocktails	p. 58
Scheherazade Has Left the Building	p. 66
Wide Awake	p. 75
A Random Sampling Age Thirty to Forty	p. 83
I'm the One	p. 91
River Love Song	p. 103
When He's Just That Into You	p. 114
The Late Bloomer	p. 121
Of Sweethearts and Sperm Banks	p. 127
Getting Ready	p. 136
When Falling Is Flying	p. 147
Crossing the Border	p. 159
Hold Your Applause, Please	p. 167
The One and Only Buddha	p. 175
How to be a Seductress Without Even Knowing It	p. 187
Side of the Road	p. 196
How I See It	p. 208
Milk Dress: A Nursing Song	p. 217
To All the Men I've Loved Before	p. 225
Single, Mother	p. 235
Plus One, Plus Two, Plus Three	p. 244
About the Contributors	p. 255
Acknowledgments	p. 265
Credits and Permissions	p. 267
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